Satan's Playground: Mobsters and Movie Stars at America's Greatest Gaming ResortSatan's Playground chronicles the rise and fall of the tumultuous and lucrative gambling industry that developed just south of the U. S. Mexico border in the early twentieth century. As prohibitions against liquor, horse racing, gambling, and prostitution swept the United States, the vice industry flourished in and around Tijuana, to the extent that reformers came to call the town "Satan's Playground," unintentionally increasing its licentious allure.